Grand Hotel de Bordeaux & Spa, France

Bordeaux is our new love affair and it ticks all the right boxes for a short-haul honeymoon: beautiful scenery, tons of history, decadent food, an almost Mediterranean climate... and some rather good wine.

The Grand Hotel de Bordeaux - a 17th-century building in the middle of the prettiest part of town, facing the Grand Théâtre - is the place to stay.

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It's the kind of hotel where someone opens the taxi door for you and coffee comes with a freshly baked madeleine.

It's top-to-toe marble and red carpets with Belle Époque furnishings, and a selection of bars and restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Pressoir d'Argent. Upstairs you'll find the decadent Bains de Léa Spa and outdoor Jacuzzi.